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Monday, April 22, 2013

Project management makes projects happen. In order to achieve
successful project management, someone has to keep them on track, progress
reports must be made, tasks must be completed, and resources must be secured. This
process is often involves several teams and vendors, so error and
miscommunication become expected, scheduling conflicts multiply, and deadlines
fall through. According to a recent article by Business2Community, end-to-end
(E2E) project management, where one team is tasked with all aspects
of a project, can make a big difference.

Typically, a project follows the path from research and
planning to task management and testing, and then project closure. Overall, the
goal is to produce or implement a quality deliverables, whether it’s a printed
asset or training procedures, which can require many people. But, projects that
require input from large teams are subject to misaligned approaches. Use
of different technologies can be disruptive, too. So, it’s important that these
variables be minimized, or at least recognized.

Fortunately, E2E project management dissolves these issues
by reducing the amount of people involved in the project. This can be useful if the project in question
doesn’t require a lot of recreating to succeed. If it’s following a process
that’s been established before limiting input can bolster productivity, even if
that means fewer people have to take responsibility.

With E2E project management, governable collaboration
happens in a way that widespread cooperation is not. By using end-to-end, you limit
the same risks as you would by avoiding outsourced work, often associated with
preventable error. And aside from being a centralized hub of the project, E2E
teams have the tools to assess risks, communicate issues, and re-center project
focus when things get off track.

Use these eight E2E best practices to keep your projects running
smoothly:

Select projects that are straightforward
with fewer elements

Point to the solutions before the problems
arise by completing a risk assessment

Agree on a shortlist of technologies and
approaches that can be used, and stick to them

Choose your team wisely

Schedule everything (from vacations to
meetings)

Make sure everyone on the team understands
the plan, the goals and the timeline

Be accountable to each other (tight-knit
teamwork keeps people aware)

Update the team when anything changes

End-to-end project management won’t work for everyone, but
when it’s done right, it provides a simple-to-execute process with which
internal projects successfully delivered with minimal risk of failure.

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